Ann Copeland

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Ann Copeland
BornVirginia Walsh
(1932-12-16) December 16, 1932 (age 90)
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
OccupationShort story writer
NationalityAmerican, Canadian
Period1970s-1990s
Notable worksThe Golden Thread

Ann Copeland is the pen name of Virginia Walsh Furtwangler (born December 16, 1932), [1] an American and Canadian writer. She was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 1989 Governor General's Awards for her short story collection The Golden Thread. [2]

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Biography

Born and raised in Hartford, Connecticut, [1] she was educated at the Catholic University of America and Cornell University. [1] She married Albert Furtwangler in 1968, and moved to Sackville, New Brunswick, where Albert taught at Mount Allison University. [1]

She has published five short story collections and an instructional guide to writing fiction. [3]

She returned to the United States in 1996, and is currently a professor emeritus at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. [3]

Selected works

Awards and honors

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 W. H. New, Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. University of Toronto Press, 2002. ISBN   0802007619. Entry "Copeland, Ann", p. 236.
  2. "Three B.C. writers in running for awards". Vancouver Sun , February 7, 1990.
  3. 1 2 International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004. Europa Publications, 2003. ISBN   978-1857431797. Entry "Furtwangler, Virginia Walsh", p. 192.